You gave me a forever

Pama have great sense of humor :



I love you-present tense! :)

Fashion evolved

When you always bought guy's tshirt, and you only realized that now guy's shirt are slim fit..you r like, Arggggh!

Somebody is trying to be smart

The other day, i rant about the well issue.

Since every problem must have a solution, findings and lesson learnt, I expect the same for this.

And it should be quick, as we need to incorporate those for the next wells.

However, I fail to realize that what I think urgent might not be treated urgent as other people.

When I thought that we should learn something from this, the other fella doesn’t have concern at all. We are dealing with million dollars operation, and your sense of ownership just nil?

So I test the water, and know the issues that we faced were not being communicated and conveyed to that fella supervisor.  

Reading the funny response from the supervisor just showed that somebody is trying to be smart here. 

Not good not good.

Sometimes, we can be good to people, but for this, i think we have to be very firm.

Semoga diberi pencerahan dan dipermudahkan urusan gue.

Single Working Ladies Dilemma

Bila Madam cakap “Kau bukan masak pun”.

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Nak sentap pun x guna.

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Eventhough diri sendiri memang tau hari-hari penat balik kerja, lapar. So memang akan masak jugak.

Busuk-busuk pun reheat balik lauk yang dah masak siap2 masa weekend.

Kalau xde lauk, biasanya pagi tu dah thaw siap2 bahan mentah kt chiller, so bila balik tinggal masak je.  Sedap ke x sedap ke, asalkan edible and tekak sendiri boleh terima, Alhamdulillah.

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Well, ini antara dugaan pada working ladies. Or single working ladies. Memang akan ada yang being judgemental like that, whereas being single and working pun, we still have to get things done for ourselves and on our own.  Memang x perlu skill memasak 'kenduri style', tapi kalau diri sendiri x masak, bukannya ada Domino delivery kt sini -_-

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I rest my case.

I Try

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage”-Paulo Coelho

What a day today.

The well got issue and the best thing is the diagnostic tool to understand the well condition is onboard, but MAN why it’s so hard to convince the people to just run the tool, while it’s still there.

I always keep myself cool, till just now, I just have to raise my voice.

"The pressure is on us"

"Yeah, you're right.  Later we'll have to clear the mess.  Make sure it's written somewhere about this issue"

SE-TE-RESS weyh when we have differences and can’t reach the agreement.

I’ve learnt the hard way before.  You don’t solve the problem now, you will not solve the problem later.  Other person has to clean the mess for you.  And I have become that other person before.

Not complaining but don’t just work for KPI, deliver it.  Deliver it nicely, just like what you want it to be.

“But darling, I'd still catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on a blade for ya
I'd jump in front of a train for ya
You know I'd do anything for ya”

Sunday, and it’s wedding day.

I think I’ve found my cheerleaders!

Auntyna! Auntyna! Auntyna!

These kids are handful, seriously.

But I really enjoy their company.

Dang! Looks like it was aeon since the last time I visit/meet them, cos these chatterbox can’t stop talking.

Haha.  Somehow they helped to make me feel better.  The previous Friday, we were having difficulty to flow the well.  To be exact, we already passed our 1^st gas date target. 

Chill-lah, like I told my colleague.  But in the inside, only Allah knows how I feel.

Before that, I’ve already made promises to update the well result to my boss and partners.  It just doesn’t feel right when I cannot deliver the promises due to operational reason.

Life must go on.  Ticket already been purchased since 1 year ago.  ‘Nasi minyak’ calls have to be answered.

So, let’s go home bebeh.

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It was my cousin, Ariff’s wedding.  Since weddings always be the right place to meet relatives, I booked the ticket immediately after my uncle notify everyone about the wedding.  Gigih kot kira hari kat calendar whether I can make it for the wedding or not, since when the announcement made, we were about to start our drilling campaign.

Fate has it, our drilling campaign delayed.  And so happen the wedding weekend pulak la the well has issues.  Hadeih sangat.  Can’t imagine if this happen during my wedding ><

Anyhow, the wedding was very beautiful.  Oklah since I got to catch up with my relatives.  Food was awesome too, just like Bobo’s wedding.  Hawker style food-but in the hotel.  Aysyah was constantly nagging at me asking when she can start eating as the emcee mentioned that we have to wait for the bride and groom’s arrival before we can go to the buffet table.  The funny thing was when the emcee requested everyone to stand up, she asked me, “Auntyna, nak nyanyi lagu negaraku ke?”.  Lol.

(Always) a damage control agent

Kadang-kadang geram juga bila you are not included in email conversations regarding things that you should know.

May be it's just an emotional swing.

Nk fikir baik, bagus juga not in the know. Less burden. But if something happen, bersedia je la nk jadi damage control agent.

Husband

Neighbour :  I see you are Malaysian?
Me : Yeah
Neighbour : Your husband too?  Is he Malaysian?
Me : Yeah

Only after I step out the lift that I realized what had I answer.  Too late to retract back -_-

Keropok

I decided to send some food to my neighbour cos I think I looked a lil bit unfriendly (i was locked outside my house, thanks to the new door system). So, i send over some keropok.

More like keropok minta maaf and welcome to Yangon thingy for the wife ;)



Sedap plak keropok ni. It's been awhile for me to fry keropok in my house. All for road to healthy eating.

Actually the taste is not bad at all if we bake or boil the keropok. Tapi mcm pelik plak nak introduce baked or boiled keropok to the neighbours, since keropok goreng lah sedap kan!

A slightly young aunt

2 weeks ago:

Neighbour : Hi, I just move here.
Me : Nice to meet you. Welcome to Yangon.
Neighbour : Actually, I've been travelling back and forth Yangon and Japan. Now, I'm settling here for good.
Me : So, how do you find Yangon?
Neighbour : So far so good. I like it here. I'm bringing my wife soon.
Me : That's great. (In my mind, I was thinking this will be great. My neighbour will be an aunt from Japan! Coolio!)

Today, I met the neighbour's wife. Cun kot. Macam sebaya je. Omg, I have to ask forgiveness from my neighbour.tsk

Chicken and Duck

Small things that matter:

When people that speak different language than you try to make conversation despite the language barrier.

Effort. Effort.

Hati Malaysia

Bila duduk oversea ni (walaupun sepelaung je dari Malaysia), anything yang related to Malaysia mesti dekat di hati.  Be it food, languange, orang jual kain cakap Melayu dengan kita, jumpa Malaysian yg kerja or visiting as tourist and dapat tengok cerita dari Malaysia.

Kebetulan, my current humble abode dapat TV3.  Walaupun gambar x berapa nak clear n kadang2 x nampak pun muke pelakon etc, tapi bolehlah.  Cuma SE-TE-RESS plak bile tengah syok2 layan drama, tiba-tiba.."Khap kun kapp...bla bla"

Spoil kan.. Biasanya mcm tu la,tiba2 keluar channel Smart Shop Thai, yang jual barang2 tu.  Paling SE-TE-RESS sebab pengacara channel ni style jerit2 yang bingit punya.  Lagila SE-TE-RESS mendengarnye.  Cepat2 tukar channel, sbb rasa serabut.

Biasanya bila dh mcm tu, tunggu je la, sbb sure adenye colleagues(merangkap jiran) yang akan call reception untuk tukar balik ke 'Malaysia channel'.  Haha.

Setakat ni, ok la.  Kadang2 dapat la tengok Majalah 3 ke, AJL ke, NONA etc.  Sometimes bukannye melekat depan TV pun, tapi on je nak kasi ada suara2 Malaysia kedengaran.

Tapi, what if kan, x dapat Malaysian channel?

No worries, ade few good people yang host and uploadkan series or drama2 Melayu.  Kudos to them, sebab jasa diorang ni la Malaysian yg duduk overseas dapat follow series2 smua ni.  May be nampak salah kat pengarah2 or stesen TV, but looking at the positive sides, diorang ni somehow tolong promote or kasi free marketing to the drama and actor/actress.

Yela, some of the series mcm TV3 or TV9 boleh tengok dekat tonton.  Tapi yang ASTRO punya, I don't think ada onlineportal cmtu.

So, memang gigih dan berjasa lah those few good people yang tolong upload the series.  Terima kasih ye!

S.O.P.

One of my tasks is to create a procedure.

Though sometimes we have the options to copy paste any existing procedures, my passed experience just prove that it doesn’t work all the time.

I learned the hard way when involved in contracts preparation.  I don’t spoke lawyers’ words, but I had to explain those words (that I myself don’t prepare and don’t understand, heh).

I learned the hard way also when what I want it to happen as my procedure turned to be otherwise.

So, there must be something wrong somewhere, right?

May be, people don’t understand what I ‘m trying to say or they get different idea from what I’m thinking.

So, I put a test, for people to review one of my procedure.

Bingo! It comes back with a lot of comments.

I've already reminded myself not to be angry or snap on any comments given.  Chill-lah kan.

So, I read and reread my procedures.  May be the procedures were written in not so simple English.  Then come revision 2, revision 3 of my procedures.  Put it at test again.

What I found out was, when writing procedures, just use simple English. Simple means simple. It will be great if we can explain the procedure verbally as well.

Bad feeling

I feel bad. Really bad. After I complained about the late arrival of my driver yesterday.

Today, a different driver fetch me.
He drove me few times before.
From the small talk, he told me the supervisor instruct him to come at 8am sharp to fetch me.

I'm not a complainer. However after few occurences that I have to wait for the driver to pick up and worst was yesterday when I waited for 45minutes.

It's not easy to write a complaint here as I know somebody might be losing his job. And they don't want to lose the job which means everything to them and their family. Thus, in my complaint, I wrote as if I'm making suggestions to improve the pick up service.

I know making complaint also will somehow affect your relationship with the person. Chill to better service!

2016

Hello 2016~

Albeit I’m a little late in wishing everyone a Happy New Year, it is still January. So, HAPPY NEW YEAR :D

Speaking of New Year, people will always ask what is your New Year resolution?

For me, New Year is just another day in my life.  I was at my home town during New Year, thinking of what to plant at my parents’ backyard.  Being a self-proclaim greenhand, I miss the fact that I cannot plant anything at my ‘rumah burung’. Frequent web browsing at Kebun Bandar just make me eager to plant something. 

So back to the New Year resolution, i don’t have one. Just to continue from where I stop last time.

But, I just hope that I can be a better person, in term of my deeds, prayer, healthy lifestyle, working and investment.

The above are quite challenging to me as I seem to be a roller-coaster kind of person lately.  Not sure why.  Perhaps lack of push factor on my own.

Footnote: Just resume my gym-routine today after weeks of binge eating.

Losing someone we love

Looking at this picture, I know how sad it is when you have to depart with your loved one.


Sedih, memang sedih.

Looking at both Sultan Johor and Sultanah crying, is just like dejavu. It's like flashback during the day Anas went to a better place.

Pama eyes filled with tears. And the others too.

"We know all along that Anas is battling with his health, but it is heart-wrenching to lost him so sudden. But he is in a better place, InsyaAllah".

And I saw Sultan Johor's cloth is stained with the earth too. Kasih ayahanda hingga ke akhirnya.

Footnote : even till today, Pama's conversations will still include Anas name.

Innalillah hi wainna ilaihirojiuun.

InsyaAllah Tunku Jalil is in a better place.

Healthy eating

Not so healthy lah when you just had salted egg.

Can't wait to be back to Msia.

Had to suppress myself from binge eating in Yangon, cos I have longggg list of food to be eaten in Malaysia.

Jalan-jalan Inle Lake (Nyaungshwe) -1

Alang-alang dah duduk Myanmar, rugi lah kan kalau tak jalan-jalan Myanmar.

Myanmar, negaranya besar, bersempadanan dengan banyak Negara-negara lain.  Maka, budayanya pasti berbeza.  This is one of the reasons why one must come and explore Myanmar.

Memandangkan jarak dari satu Bandar ke satu Bandar amatlah jauh, dan kalau mengambil bas sebagai transportasi, perjalanan biasanya mengambil lebih kurang 10-12 jam.  Pilihan yang lebih cepat dan menjimatkan masa ada, iaitu kapal terbang. Tapi, mahal la weh! Contohnya, Yangon ke Heho (lapangan terbang untuk ke Inle), tiket pergi balik berharga USD300.  Kalau naik bas, tiket pergi balik ialah USD40.  Makanya, bagi menyahut seruan berjimat-cermat, relakanlah diri untuk menaiki overnight bas. Kalau tak tersepit dengan kekangan waktu, why not kan?

Inle (Nyaungshwe) adalah Bandar ketiga on my ‘scratchmapMyanmar’. Yang dah dilawati ialah Yangon (of course!) dan Taungoo.

So berbalik pada cerita Inle.

An impromptu trip, since we observe a long weekend here, due to full moon holiday.

My initial plan was either to go to Vietnam (Vietjet offers a reasonable price), Bangkok (Nok Air too) or Bagan.  Balik Malaysia pun ade dalam plan, tapi tiketnye mahal la plak kan.  Inle was not part of my research  until I feel Bagan should be keep for another trip (adalah sebabnya).

Internet sangat membantu and from my quick research, I was able to plan the impromptu trip.

Return tickets were bought via JJ Express FB Page (bayar bila ambil tiket dekat Aung Mingalar Highway Bus Station) : USD20/way

Hotel (Inle Star Motel) was book via Agoda. Bab hotel ni haru skit.  I’ve been eyeing few recommended hotels (cheap one!) via Agoda, TripAdvisor and booking.com, until 2-3 days before the trip, I noticed that the shortlisted hotels are either sold out or hiked up.  Then, the next thing I do was to just book the hotel, though it received some negative reviews. Hotel rate : USD32/night.  You can get cheaper than this, actually.

Bab naik bas, aktiviti di Inle akan disambung kemudian.

Couch potato Saturday

Friday - you start making plans for the weekend

Saturday AM - decide to go window shopping

Saturday noon - switch d tv on, and saw Shah Rukh Khan. Look outside, very sunny.

Conclusion - decide to be a couch potato for the day 👶👶👶

Rindu

Kadang-kadang ada perasaan rindu yang undefined.

Macam rindu pada orang yang dah tiada. Tapi kita tahu, beliau berada di tempat yang lebih baik.

Al-fatihah buat adinda tersayang, Muhammad Anas.

Your wittiness, slumber and charm will always be remembered.


Picture of Papa cleaning Anas' grave, taken by Mama.

Makan-makan

Made a wrong decision to go out today.

It is Deepavali here in Myanmar, and on the first thought, I just wanna spend my day at home.

Then I remember that we are going to have potluck dinner this Thursday. And I think I don't have enough materials to cook any decent food (dessert).

Called the driver and 5 minutes later we are stuck in jam. Usually I can reach the shop in 5 minutes. Then I realized, people are thronging to NLD HQ.

Decided to u-turn and go to another shop. And for the first time I feel it's hard to find baking stuffs here. Ok, may be a little bit exaggerating.

But, in my mind, I was thinking to prepare either pengat pisang (bananas are plenty here!) or kek batik or brownies kedut (the in thing in Malaysia now!). Options are limited since I only have small oven, so likely the dessert will be something from the stove or fridge.

After few times of circling the aisle, I can't find gula melaka, cooking chocolate, choc chip. Then obviously the dessert will be kek batik, cos Milo and Ovaltine are plenty! Oh, before that, I Googled whether I can make gula melaka from caramelized sugar. Heee

Note to self : I have to make a 'things to buy from Malaysia list' and bring them here..this include Maggi that the drivers like.

Election

Everybody here is really excited with the election tomorrow.

Hope everything will be safe and good.

Pokok keputusan

So we have a bunch of new people coming in last few days.

And I was a lil bit annoyed when sometimes they think they know better than us on the things that we have decide earlier.

Sometimes good thing is when you consult the person working on the stuff first cos you won't know how much time had been spend and what had the person think/consider before making that crucial call.

Yeah, you may have previous experience, but when u come in a new team, learn the rules.

Different priority

Cerita semalam.

A bunch of bosses had come here to visit us, hence our time are occupied entertaining them. We even don't really have time to sit at our workstation and complete the work properly.

But, it's ok la, considering they come once awhile.

What amused me was..

Ada orang letak dokumen penting kat meja dan suruh saya tanda tangan. Memandangkan hari pertama bos sampai perbincangan adalah sampai ke malam, jadi gue bercadang untuk baca dan tanda tangan dokumen tu pada hari esok.

Maka, hari esok pun tiba. Gue memberitahu kerani jabatan yang gue tengah baca dan bakal tandatangan dokumen itu.

Sampai di meja gue, ada orang telefon. Selepas gue cakap hello, terus disembur oleh si pemanggil. Gist nya, gue x perlu baca dokumen tu, tapi disuruh tanda tangan sahaja, kerana dia perlu hantar dokumen tu sebelum tengah hari.

Prinsip gue, x perlu bertekak dengan orang yang gaya cakapnya macam membodohkan diri sendiri. Jadi dengar saja amarahnya. Walaupun gue terangkan yang masa kami semalam seharian adalah terisi dengan kehadiran bos.

Tapi yang peliknya, kenapa si pemanggil itu kalut semacam. Sampai lah gue teringat kandungan bebelannya yang dia mau ke HS* Day. Patutla hari ni ramai yang terlebih cantik. Macam nak pergi keraian.

Gue hanya mampu gelak sinis. Sebab, sepanjang gue kerja, kalau ada HS* day, it's just like the other days. Tiada yang istimewa.

Jadi, inilah kisahnya different priority. Gue kalut nak selamatkan telaga yang mati tiba-tiba. Orang lain sibuk nak bersiap cantik pergi HS* Day.

Overwhelmed

Sometimes, I just feel that I'm not doing enough.

Sometimes, I just feel that everything is not in my control.

The best thing to do is to push the reset button, sit back and think.

Drama

Sekali sekala dapat tengok drama tv3 kt Yangon ni, layan jugak kan.

Walaupun xde la plus point sangat, tapi kira mcm keep up dgn perkembangan Msia gitu.

Tapi yang lawaknye, sebab sekali sekala je tengok. Tiba2 tengok episod seterusnya, "Eh, bila watak ni ade dlm crite ni?"
"Eh, apsal crite ni mcm ni plak?"

5 minit lepas tu...

Baru sedar, rupenye ni dah drama lain.

Haha, lelz sangat kan.

Sekian. Isu tak penting.

Healthy eating

We always have problem to decide where to eat during lunch.

So, when my friend on the other side of the world invite me for 3 months body transformation challenge, which include healthy eating and bring lunch to work...I said, "Why not, huh?"

This save me one headache to think where to eat for lunch.

So, there come the meal prep, groceries listing and veggie eating.

Sometimes, I feel like a rabbit eating those veggies. Huuu. But, let see the bright side after 3 months yeah..


1st day meal-still got rice

Don't bother

I hate it when people mess around with things that currently I'm doing.

I know some people like to be smart, but please la, be smart in ur own area.

In the end, when u give wrong info or wrong understanding, somebody else has to clear up the mess.

We don't need everybody to be a hero.

Berkarnivor

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha !

Kalau di Myanmar, dipanggil Bakri Eid Day.

Bakri maksudnya kambing dalam bahasa Urdu. To cut it short, sbb tu panggil Bakri Eid Day.

Alhamdulillah, sempat balik raya. On the eve of raya (waktu Malaysia) pun boleh.

Sebab apa waktu Malaysia? Sebab Myanmar raya lambat 1 hari, hari Jumaat.

Tarikh raya yang berbeza yg menkonfiuskan kami-kami tentang puasa Arafah di Myanmar.

Fligt touch down je, Papa zass datang ambil n trus pegi solat raya. Lambat 1 rakaat.

And solat sebelah makcik yang baik hati share sejadah. Thanks Makcik!

Sementelahan menjadi anak tunggal or as Anas put it 'anak tunggul', makanya gambar raya hanya diambil di kedai Western (setelah puas berkarnivor) pada raya kedua :)


Tudung awning ihsan wardrobe Mama ;)

Ankle-biter

Ain't I the sweetest ?





Picture taken during recent hari raya. Worth to be my screensaver, as this will make me smile - just to remember how funny it was to get all these kids organized.

Semua dengan kerenah masing2.

One time Aysyah ready, Adelia pandang lain.

One time Atiqah dah senyum, Ahmad kacau.

One time Talhah dah tunjuk peace, si kenit2 lain tengah struggle nak get into the pose.

Just look at how Adelia was so into her necklace while others were all set for the camera.

And we need extra hands for Aqil ;)

Kids will always be awesome :)

How to survive Yangon?

-find a hobby in Yangon


-find positive things in Yangon

-don't think too much

-keep yourself busy

At least all the above works for me. So far Yangon is good to me, same goes to myself. I try to be as responsible as possible here. Regardless, sini tempat mencari rezeki.

Aladdin lamp

If you're given a chance, what do u wanna be?

A : Chef
B : I wanna be rich

Me : But, u r RICH now.

B : No, not yet.

This question had always been lingering in my mind.

What do u wanna be. If given chance.

Though I'm satisfied with whatever I have now, the thought that I wanna push myself harder is still there. Speaking of taking baby steps -_-

I believe none of my written ambitions during my primary and secondary school, are close enough to whatever I'm doing now.

But, the life experience that I taste, mould me into being who I am now. I've always dream to globetrotting around the world. Thanks to my parents who brought us for holidays during our childhood time. Even though they only can afford to bring us travel locally, countless time to Malacca and Penang for example; I'm still thankful for that.

Now, travel is my passion.

During my secondary school time, we frequented the hospitals, due to Anas' condition. That time, almost everyone's ambition is to become doctor. So do I am, at one point of time. CSI series were also just being aired that time.

But, when I had seen enough at the hospital.. I know, I don't have the guts, bravery or hati kering (as I always put) to be one. How can I become one, when looking at how the Doctor jab Anas also make me feel wanna cry. Until then, I realized, I work best with emotionless stuffs.

The point is, people change. Your life experience and surrounding will shape you into who you are today.

U cant make everyone happy

I remember once there's this one guy who I think make a very good example to me.

It was during a wedding where I think he was forced to go (at least). He looked boring though that I think he was forced to attend the wedding.

He accompanied his father and help his father who seem to have difficulties walking.

My point is, I don't think I can be as good as him to my parents.

Knowing myself as keras kepala, sometimes it's hard to put some sense to myself. What other people think or see, most of the time are completely different from what I perceive.

Most of the time, I'll just walk away and couldn't care less. Being the lower key is better than being the upper key.



Food in the end always give the good comfort.

Part time cook

Sometimes, I just wish that the meals will just appear whenever I read recipes.



Today is my first day bringing lunch to the office. Just had to,since my geng bas sekolah are currently on full gear to finish their puasa 6. I had finish mine last week when most of the people are yet to be back in the office. Much more easier and less distraction!

So..back to the lunch story. Actually it's not bad at all to prepare the lunch pack. The secret is just to cook extra the night before. But, the challenge is more on to figure out what to cook. Thanks to FB where everyone like to share recipes like Resipi Sebulan Puasa,Resipi Mudah etc2.
From there,it's up to our good self whether to challenge ourself to try the recipe or not.

Semoga lebih rajin memasak :)

KFC dah buka di Yangon, tapi..

tak halal la pulak ;(

Maka, makanlah Marrybrown yang setakat ni halal.

Projek Bento

Duduk in small community ni, meriah jugak kekdahnya!

Dapat la merasa tukar-tukar lauk macam zaman sekolah dulu.

Untuk orang yang masa limited, harap jiran terima bento kuih raya..



Jiran kasi complete meal gitu. Siap buah tembikai.



Lepas ni kena research lebih skit pasal 1 pot meal and weekdays meals. Ade sejam je nak prepare dinner setiap hari 😐

Myanmar time

I'm still adjusting myself to 'Myanmar time'.

Subuh here is at 4.26am and sunrise is at 5.30am. The driver will only pick me up at 8.20am, depending on how fast people at Shangrila board the van. And the ride to office is only 5-10minutes. Hehe, too much difference compared to KL life 😁😁😁

Morning time is kinda tricky for me. Let say I would like to fast on that day. I need to wake up at 3ish for Sahur. 4.26am Subuh, and I have about 4 hours free time before I go to office. Nak tidur balik, perut kenyang, pastu x elok tidur lps Subuh.

What I can say is..living here involve a lot of waiting. Also, patience 😑

So, what do I do to kill the time?
-Read physical books
-Surfing
-Laundry (sometime)

Tapi still ade banyak waiting time to kill 😯
Thus, I openly accept any suggestion to ensure I can use my time productively.

What I had in mind right now are:
-increase number of pages Quran reading
-commit to learn new language
-find new hobby
-pegi gym (if bukak awal)

Banyak masa pun ujian jugak. Tsk.

5 months

After 5months in Yangon, and most of it was in hotel, these are what I've experienced so far:

1)Weather here is kind of predictable :Nov -  March (Winter), April-June (Hot/summer), July-Oct (Monsoon/Raining)


2)Money changer can be very picky with your 100USD notes. Some of them can detect even tiny smudge on your dollar notes, and refuse to change your money.

3)Halal food are plenty.  The only thing is prepare a lot of kyatt as the food is quite pricey.  Right now there are few made in Malaysia food chain here ~Marrybrown, Secret Recipe.

4)Walking is enjoyable, except just be extra careful on the uneven path and holes. If you walk during night, bring your handphone as torchlight as the roadside can be dark. There are plenty of colonial buildings for photospot and admiration.

5)Mosque-there are plenty. But, I havent had a chance to pray there as most of the mosques don't have women praying area. Normally, i'll arrange my schedule to go out according to the prayer time. Pray at home and then go out. Currently, Zohor is at 12ish noon and Asar at 3.30pm.

6)Mineral water industry is currently booming, since seem that everybody is drinking mineral water.

7)Dogs outnumbered cats here. And they are friendly too 😅

8)Haggling is a norm,especially when hiring a taxi.

That's all. Will update from time to time.

My so call Miami

It has been awhile for me to blog stuffs.

But with my new life here since Feb, I think I got plenty of time to resume blogging.

A lot of things happen, to me, to people around me.

Life is a good so far, Alhamdulillah. Though it's not as per 'Miami' that you imagine 😁.

Happy New Year!

So, what did I do today?

Am having very productive day, thanks to my Completion Engineer.

Whilst others are chilling and enjoying the New Year, i was struggling to do my gaslift design. Our Gadis no. 7 drilling  is progressing very good. Sampai duduk offshore pun still kena buat mandrel spacing! <insert I love my job moment>

Based on my calculation, this well can flow naturally, but cuak punye pasal, gaslift design pun conservative enough.  Kira the design will work forever and ever. InsyaAllah.

I really hope that all my hardwork and sacrifice for this project will pay off. Only few of my colleagues and former bosses knew bout our struggle to ensure smooth sailing of this project. To justify the project is quite a struggle for us. So, obviously I’m a lil bit touche when there’s people who just would like to celebrate on others’ struggle.

At least for my record, I know that I’d try my level best to solve or mend this field problems. Alhamdulillah.

Wo[ME]n dilemma

My greatest dilemma right now..





...Packing for offshore trip.

Whilst I pack d usual stuffs (including stuffs that cant be compressed), I still wonder why I don't have enough space.

Considering that, this is 45L vs 30L that I brought during previous hitch.

Belum letak safety boots n helmet lg ni. Argh,shud I bring life jacket? Kot2 nak balik by boat.

Duh,how I wish I can pack light for this hitch.

Banjir

Hati keras pun blh jadi sayu tgk posting pasal banjir.

Yang stranded n xdpt diselamatkan

Yang hospital naik air

Yang xde letrik n air

Be safe people. Be strong. Ada rezeki lebih,hulur2 lah.

Suits..u

Having all the time in the world for myself.

And I managed to finish Suits Season 4. Points to ponder:

Why all of the actresses have flat tummy?
Why all of their working clothes look nice?
Firing people is normal in law firm?

Big girl toy

Kinda love how my new toy produce very nice pictures.

Enjoy !


"Kalau anak Uncle Bo girl, mesti letak nama mcm nama saya, Aysyah". Love this girl confidence level. Picture taken at HSZ, Kota Bharu.



Mama's birthday celebration. Papa's idea of having 58 strawberries on the cake.



The happiest among all. Always.

November

I dont know that giraffe drink coffee. Heh

Just finished reading Bote's Proletar 2 Menara.

Some of his words, just perfectly described KLCC execs' lifestyle. Not all, but some of us.

Coffee mahal yeah.

Doomsday out

I hardly get angry at work.
But today, this PPA things really get into my nerve.
I think I should seriously think about my future with this company.
If doing more is making it easier for you to be penalized, then why stay?
Not worth to sacrifice lots of thing and spend time to complete current work when this is what I get.

I was happily enjoying my course till there's urgency to rewrite those appraisal stuff at 3pm?
Dont you guys review it when I submit aeons ago? Yesterday? And it was my mistake for not having IPC setting? For claiming the wells I worked for? For being technical in my write up? For being too bombastic for the BBS?

Wake up! Is it worth my sacrifice?

Support Local

I have this mission to support local business or at least try to support Malay business.

Had this opportunity to try coffee at Kopie Satu, located at Jejantas Ayer Keroh.

Not bad ☺

29.9

Happy birthday MKF.




Hello my friend, we meet again
It's been awhile, where should we begin?
Feels like forever
Within my heart are memories
Of perfect love that you gave to me
Oh, I remember

When you are with me, I'm free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
My sacrifice

We've seen our share of ups and downs
Oh how quickly life can turn around
In an instant
It feels so good to reunite
Within yourself and within your mind
Let's find peace there

Plate

When stuck in traffic, I realized that a car's plate number can really tell u about the drivers.


Most cars with WTF and WTH plates, always behave like u know what WTF and WTH mean..

Desserts spelled backward

Out of 5 days working, 3 had been on cupcakes, chocolate cakes and frappe.

Trying hard to cut sugar, but current workload just make it worse.

Thanks to 10% discount by SF.

Goreng Pisang Cheese aka Sangga

Bila kerja kat KL ni, susah betul nak cari goreng pisang yang murah & sedap.

Ape lagi goreng pisang cheese.

Since pisang untuk 'eat clean' mission ade lagi & cheese pun kebetulan ade.

Maka, terjadilah goreng pisang cheese sendiri~!!!

Hendak seribu daya..

Life is daunting..

at least to me, now.

Does grass on the other side, always looks green?



Berilah kesabaran pada diriku ini.

Pen-boy

I accidentally stalked this pen-boy.

Initially, I thought he was my boss' son. But when I saw his name, it seems not. But his name makes me think off my favourite food.

Then,as I watched this CNY documentary just now,I saw this pen-boy. Aha,my instinct was correct.

But,too bad. The other day I saw him wearing ring; and he smokes. Blue Dunhill some more. There goes my short crush.

Ungrateful

Ungrateful. That is what I’m thinking of myself.

Sitting here all alone, I recalled the kindness of my parents.

Mama accompanied me all the way from Paka to KL, just to make sure I arrived safely here.

But knowing me (read:stubborn), I disagree with Papa’s decision to ask Mama to accompany me.

Earlier, Papa asked me to extend my holidays till end of the week.  But I already make plans earlier-involving my work, which I have to finish by that week.  So, if I extend my holidays till the weekend, I doubt, I can finish my work ontime.

It was raining heavily at East Coast.  Days earlier, we nearly trapped in Kuantan’s flood.  Luckily we are local, so we know some other possible shortcuts to avoid the flood.

Back to the story.

I have this attitude of ‘do it on my own’ and ‘do not like to pester people’.  So, that’s the reason why I disagree with Papa’s decision.  And I think, I keep silence throughout the journey.

 

I think parents being parents; they’ll always worry about their own children.  But for me, the hard-headed girl, I don’t fancy this kind of thing.  But to others, this is what they are looking for.

That’s why I think-I’m ungrateful for what I have right now.  

Hopefully, I can be a better person, or at least improve my attitude.

Pemaleih

i'm suppose to finish up my presentation slides for CoP, but but i'm too lazy meh.

howcow la kan.

i think procrastination has become my middle name. erghh. blergh. pffft.

i had to agree with dis pakcik on a date, so that i will have the urge to work backward to complete the slides.

sampai macam tu sekali malasnye ><

and this pakcik is becoming more efficient when he already book the session for this presentation.

oh panik panik.

tapi haritu dah janji pada diri sendiri. bila dah dapat claim, mesti buat presentation.

sile lah rajin~!!!

Kids go viral

This happen when u go shopping with the kids.

Bon Odori

Dulu

Negara timur ni la tempat paling nak pegi

Sebab ape?

Sebab musababnya dah dilupakan

Terlalu kecewa, sampai sebab nak pergi pun dah tak ingat

Yeah, benda yang lepas jangan dikenang kan?

Dan hampir setiap tahun pun tanam cita-cita nak pegi Pesta Bon Odori

Mari lupakan asal-usul pesta ni

Tapi anggap aje nak kenal adat budaya Jepun ni

Alang-alang dah ada kat Shah Alam, rugila tak pegi

Maka, akhirnya sampaila jua ke Bon Odori ni

Sampai setelah terbangun dari tidur petang dan malam telah menjelma..

Enjoice

Terserempak dengan rakan lama berkimono

Yaki yaki dan yaki

Dan semua pun menari

Sambil memakai kimono

Persoalannya kenapa

Kita selalu kisahkan kisah silam kita

Terlalu sentimental

Atau tak mampu melupakan sebahagian diri kita?

****

Kadang-kadang borak-borak ofis boleh menceriakan hari kita

Kadang-kadang ia boleh membuatkan luka lama berdarah kembali

Yang pasti, hati kena kebal

Dan endah tetap endah tak endah

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Sejarah tetap sejarah

Kita tak mungkin mampu lari darinya

Anak buah

While celebrating our Hari Raya Haji..

"Autyna,tengok! Kerusi ni gerak sendiri"

"Ini apam Mekah"

"Generation W-ireless"

"Autyna, tengok ni..mcm hantu takk?"

This is the best part. Makan ice-cream!

*Now I know how the parents feel when driving with kids in the car..

And my most favourite part of our conversation:

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Aysyah : Autyna kerja dekat mana?

Me : Autnyna kerja dekat KLCC.

Aysyah : Owh, Autyna kerja dekat KLCC? (muka fascinated).

Macam tu, boleh la beli popcorn cheese!

Me : Haa? (statement yang x jangka langsung.  ingatkan nak kagum kerja kat KLCC ke..huu)

Kids nowadays..

Bijak bijak

Autyna dia pun brapa kali je makan Garrett :|

Pesan atuk

We arrive in SA after spending about 6 hours on the road.

I decided for all to have KFC. The easiest n fastest meal,considering it was rAining heavily.

While eating,my aunt told me,"If Tok Ayah is alive and see us eating KFC, he definitely will say,"sekotak KFC ni kalau buat beli ayam sekor,satu keluarga boleh makan".

Owhh snap!

Then i remember all expensive coffee and food that I always bought. So true!

A Grande is equivalent to ~5 nasi campur. Hmm

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This is life

patutla rasa x sedap hati

ada chain emails discussing something while mentioning my name.

huih. why such things keep on happening.

people, for the sake of fame, will always wanna claim success, even they dont contribute to the success pun. haih

Opshore

so, what's like to stay offshore?

it's like going on a paid vacation :D

depend on where u stay, platform, rig or barge. u'll provide with a room; air-cond of course. like myself since i'm a lady, i normally get privileged to stay in 1 man room or 2-men room with attached bathroom[this's to save POB, of course].

plenty of meals provided-normally it'll b : breakfast-snack-lunch-snack-dinner-supper.

however, the meals timing might be different. example, in the rig i'm staying now, the lunch is at 10.30 am? WHATTT? so, fret not in case u missed ur breakfast :)

laundry is tip-top. just make sure u put ur dirty cloth in laundry bag provided and in half a day, u'll get ur cloth cleaned.

internet- haa, as far as where i had been sent, most of the time, internet speed is not on your side[unless u r provided with VSAT like some service/operating company].

phone-most of the platform&rig dont allow for handphones. u can bring one if u r on a barge/vessels.  so, most of the time i'll inform my parents beforehand on how long i might be staying offshore&where i'm staying and will email them when i first reach offshore.  at least they know i'm safe.  papa has this ship GPS apps installed in his phone. so, he pretty much know my whereabouts and weather condition over there.

what exactly you are doing offshore?

my real job's name is Production Technologist(PT). i seldom mention my real job's name cos it'll just invite more question.

ok, back to the question.  as a PT, when i go offshore, basically i'm supervising execution of jobs that i designed. jobs here mean stimulation, any optimization related to subsurface or downhole.

how long do u stay offshore?

depend on the job.  sometime it takes me only 2 days.  the longest stay that i had was 3 weeks, due to some operational issue.  else, max will be 2 weeks.

that pretty much summed up everything :)

oioi, i miss eating chicken. when in doubt, forget it :D

Frac o frac

the last 24 hours

what am i?

ai neves.

im waiting-waiting for the frac

silent-yeah, basically everybody was like observing moment of silence when the frac commence. 

the tense moment, where the frac engineer had to finalize his design in 30minutes[since the transfer basket already waiting for me-the transporter engineer]. 

the serene moment where we were hung up high in the air[hugging the transfer basket] while the crane operator make decision where to land us down, the tense moment where i had to dealt with 100mbps data transfer. 

its like using old school 1515 dial up. the kalutness moment where i pretty much opened all my emails just to make sure any email can be used to shoot the frac design to town.  

the tense moment when the company asked me to give order to pump the main treatment.

and now, bliss bliss bliss. cold shower just made my day.

alhamdulillah for this great experience. hopefully all is well. insyaAllah.

Gr8ship

aha.somebody is bcoming picky or fussy now.

she can tell whether the towel is absorbing moisture or not, or leaving cotton particles on her skin

this greatship is great as the name implies. am enjoying every moment of it. nice shower, nice accompany, nice towel[heh] and nice bed.

yeah, i need to get some rest for the frac job tonite. need to take the usual shots of coffee so that i can survive the waiting hours.

i pray hard that this job will be a smooth and great one. this learning curve, responsibility is what i'm looking for right now.

Had my first basket transfer this evening. While admiring the horizon, I tugged in my hands tightly around the net, and lean my body to the front just to make sure I wont fall off my back.

Then the guys onboard jp bussell screamed, " girls, look here. We gonna take ur pictures".

Haa. I’m pretty quizzed on what they manage to capture. The nervous look? The squinting eyes avoiding the light rays or the ‘hurry get me down look?’. hee

 *****

i put my weight as 60kg on the boarding ticket

but i weighed 58kg when they weight me again at the airport

and now, few days onboard

with the usual local menu-vege vege and vege

and yours truly doesnt take any

i guess i can easily loss another 2-3kg

yippie yeay!

owh did i mention, i reduced my coffee intake?

on record, this is the most unsocial offshore visit that i had

if nothing involve me, i'll just stay in my bunker

and do some reading

i dont care to go down [yet] to the rig floor

perhaps, i'm obeying to the instruction given-go for the frac ONLY